The mystery remains: How does a designer weave together Schiaparelli pink and Yves Klein blue, taffeta and Ultra-suede, clear plastic chairs and bombé commodes, Ionic columns and the frontier of art? Designer Geoffrey Bradfield refers us to Oscar Wilde for the answer: “All beautiful things belong to the same age.” The Age of Bradfield, that is. Above: For the reception room in his 1869 Manhattan town house, Bradfield combined a 19th-century armchair, from Christie’s, with Lucite side chairs from his collection. (September 2005)